Toy filling station



Aug. 24 1926. 1,597,178

J. CHEIN TOY FILLING STATION Filed July 30, 1924 INVENTOR BY 4 I ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

JUEItIs CHEIN, oEnEw YoaK'juIYQ;E IZABETH 1 cHEiiI' EXE'e'r'rraIx oi" SAID -,.'ruLrUs OHEIN, DECEASED.

TOYFILLIYNG s'rarioi t.

Application med July so, 1924. serial m. 729,056.

My invention relates to improvements in toy" filling stations and the object of my invention is to provide a novel, useful and instructive toyof the character described.

I accomplish this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a View of the device assembled,

Figure 2 is a view of the body of the device,

Figure 3 is a view of the tell tale,

Figure 1 is a detail section showing the driving means for the tell tale, and

Figure 5 is a View of the crank.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the standard.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved toy is intended to represent a gasoline filling station with the tell tale indicator operated by mechanical means. Suitable legends may be inscribed on the device to give a realistic appearance to the toy.

The base 1 and standard or body section 1' of the toy may be of cylindrical form and .is preferably formed of tin plate or sheet iron. On this base I provide a top or cap 2 notched at diametrically opposite points 3 at the sides of the bottom to receive the ends of the crank 4. The crank is thus held in the notches between the top and the standard which are held together by bent over ears 8. The standard 1? has a stamped out seat 3 for the operating crank arm 1. This seat 3 extends across the standard 1 and is provided with indentations 5 at one or more points to receive burs or lugs 9 on the crank arm 4 by which it is positioned on thestandard 1. At the centre of the standard 1 I provide a slot 6 to receive a pinion 7 carried on the crank arm 4:. r

The body 1.0 is formed of sheet iron preferably of elliptical cross section andhas a longitudinal slot 11 in its face, terminating at its upper end in an enlarged eye 12.

Suitable characters may be inscribed at the sides of this slot 11 to represent gasoline quantities in gallons or the like, for the purpose of more closely'approximating the appearance of a gasoline filling station.

In the top of theeye 12 I provide a lug. 13 for the purpose of retaining the'tell tale 14 in position as hereinafter larly described.

The tell tale 14 comprises a strip of sheet more particuiron provided with notches or te'eth 1 15 Stamped out alongits length, a flathead 16 and a neck 17 intermediate the toothed section 15 and the head 16. On the neck'17 I provide two lugs or wings 18, 19. I prefer to bend or "stamp a stiffening head 20 in the neck 17.

The tell tale 14 is inserted in the body 10 and elevated therein until the wings 18, 19 enter the eye 12 of the slot 11, the wings 18, 19 are then brought down on the outside of the body 10 and will serve as pointers to numbers inscribed on the sides of the slot 11. When the tell tale 14 has been thus inserted, the lug 13 in the eye12 is bent inwardly to serve as a stop for the tell tale. The head 16, of the tell tale may bear a legend such as 5. gals. or the like to indicate, when the head is elevated to the eye 12, that the device .has supplied an imaginary quantity of gasoline.

The toothed section 15 of the tell tale 14 is inserted in the slot 6 of the standard 1' with its teeth 15 in engagement with the pinion 7 carried by the crank arm 4.

The device being thus assembled, the crank 4 of the crank arm 4 is turned and the pinion 7 engaging the tell tale 14 will move it up or down in the slot 11, the indicators 18, 19 indicating numbers on the margin of the slot 11 until the tell tale 1 is elevated to its extreme height when the legend on the head 16 will be visible in the eye 12.

The device will thus represent in miniature and in action a standard filling station and will prove to be an interesting and in structive toy by means of which children will be taught the operation and use of a gasoline filling station.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim is 1.. In a device of the character described the combination of' a hollow body section provided with a longitudinal slot, a tell tale within said body section including a toothed body having a head, a neck extending thru said slot; intermediate the body and the head, indicators carried by the neck and serving to position the tell tale in the body and a pinion adapted to engage the toothed body and to drive the tell tale.

' 2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a body provided with a longitudinal slot and an eye at one end of the s10t,,a' tell tale in the slot having a head visible at its elevated position through the eye and a lug in the eye, adapted to be bent over to limit the movement of the tell tale and means for moving the tell tale in the slot.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a base section and a body section, a top on the base section, an indented seat in the body section, a driving shaft in the seat, means for positioning the driving shaft, a pinion carriedby the shaft, a tell tale having teeth engaging the said pinion and means for operating the pinion.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a base section and a body section, a top on the body section, an indented seat in the body section, a driving 'shaft in the seat, indentations in the seat Wings on the tell tale adapted to position the tell tale'in the slot, a head on the tell tale adapted to display a legend through the eye when in an elevated position and a lug in the eye adapted to limit the move- 1ent of thetell tale.-

In testimony whereof, I, JULiUsCHEIN, have signed my name to this specification.

JULIUS CHEIN. 

